Activity Challenge - Getting Started

Presented by

Canada Games Activity Challenge Team

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

1.  Sign up/Log in2.  Bookmarking and

home screen icon3.  Creating a class4.  Adding support

teachers5.  Inviting parents6.  Teacher’s dashboard

WELCOME

•  Welcome to the Canada Games Activity Challenge!

•  This site is designed to give you an easy and fun way to help students practice daily healthy habits and fundamental movement skills in an interactive and incentivized experience.

•  To start, sign up or login.

MAKE YOUR DAILY VISIT EASIER

•  You’ll be taking part in three modules with daily habit forming recommended activities so you’ll want to visit the site almost daily.

•  To make it easier, bookmark the Activity Challenge page.

•  Or save the site like an app on your phone by clicking your browser options and saving it to your home screen.

EASIER FROM MOBILE

•  Or save the site like an app on your phone by clicking your browser options and saving it to your home screen.

CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL

•  After signing up, confirm your account by clicking the link in your email.

•  After this, you’re immediately given your first rewards: a Pin and Coins! You’re off to a great start.

CREATE CLASS TEAM

•  Close and create your Class Team.

•  Enter the class name and click “create”.

YOUR SCHOOL

•  The Teacher Dashboard will open - your home base for the Activity Challenge.

•  The first time you visit, you’ll land on the School tab where all of your schools’ classes and teachers are listed.

•  This is where you can create another class teams (if you teach multiple classes), or add an additional teacher.

ADD SUPPORT TEACHERS

•  If necessary, you can add another teacher to your class, (for example, a physical education teacher or substitute) to support delivery of the Activity Challenge and continue your students’ progress through the Team sessions and activities.

INVITE PARENTS

•  Invite parents to unlock their child’s profile.

•  In order for the Activity Challenge to be done at home and at school, a student’s registration must be completed by their parent or guardian.

•  Need parents permission before adding them? We have a printable permission PDF to download and share. Then start adding students by clicking “Invite Students”.

ADD STUDENTS TO THE CLASS

•  Invite students the same way you invite an additional teacher: via direct email to parents.

•  We’ve made this easier for you by adding the “bulk student invite” function.

BULK STUDENT INVITE

•  If you have parent emails for your class on a CSV or Excel spreadsheet, import them all at once by putting “first names” in the first column, “last names” in the second and emails” in the third.

•  “Copy” all and “paste” into the bulk import tab.

AUTOMATIC EMAIL TO PARENTS

•  Parents will receive an automatic email with information on the benefits of the Activity Challenge, privacy, and ways they can support their children at home.

REGISTERED STUDENTS

•  Once parents complete the registration, “Invited Students” will move above to your “Active Students” list.

•  Here, you’ll be able to track their XP (experience points), Team, Training and Bonus points, and email their parents or guardians directly.  

•  To remind a parent of a registration email, delete and re-add the student a second time, and the automatic email will be re-sent.

•  When all of your Invited Students have been moved above to your Active Students list, your class team is ready to begin their first module!

THE MODULE CALENDAR

•  This is the Module Calendar for all of the activities you’ll be leading throughout Module 1.  

•  There are 20 sessions to complete, so it’s flexible for your teaching schedule.

•  The program starts on Feb 13 (Day 1), but if you start a week later on Day 7 you can still complete the previous activities to acquire all of the points needed for you and your students to gain module prizes.

•  When a session is completed, the session block will turn green.

•  Incomplete modules will make you and your students ineligible for some prizes.

THE ACTIVITIES

•  When on the Module Calendar, click on the magnifying glass to preview the activity.

•  Clicking “start” on the activity will take you to the setup page.

•  With either click, you’ll find a demo video, setup instructions and the fundamental movement (FM) skills and relative sports that the activity practices.

•  You can also find information on set up, accessibility options and adaptive suggestions.

YOUR HOME PAGE

•  After your first visit, you’ll start on Today’s Recommended Sessions page each time you return to the site.

•  From here, you can “preview the activity” and/or start that day’s session, which is comprised of more than one activity per day.

Thank You!Be sure to checkout our other site walkthroughs:

•  Leading the Activities•  Rewards & Resources